Technology has granted everyone everywhere instant connectivity. Students, today especially, are connected in every way possible. They are consistently updating their statuses and messaging each other via multiple social media sites. Websites like Facebook, and Twitter allow students to be comfortable with messaging and opening up to people they know. With LMS’s are you able [...]
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Talk About: Connecting with your students through LMS’s
May 15, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Talk About ⋅
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National Teachers Day
May 8, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Best Practices ⋅
Today is National Teachers Appreciation Day and Schoology is sending out a huge thank you to every educator out there! We appreciate your endless dedication, your hard work, and the critical role you play in educating our children and laying the groundwork for the future of our nation. There so many others who want to say thank [...]
A great addition to any lesson: Infographics
May 1, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Best Practices ⋅
There will come a time when you know that you could better explain a topic during a lesson with a chart or infographic. What often happens in these cases is that you are unable to find one that has the information you need. These tools are a useful teaching aid because they convey so much [...]
Talk About: Exposure to new perspectives with social media outlets
April 27, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Talk About ⋅
The Internet is everywhere, and has infiltrated every aspect of our lives. Teens are encouraged by friends and the media to put their photos, likes and dislikes across the Internet for anyone to come across or search for. With the growing usage of social media from a young age, many young adults are expressing themselves [...]
Teaching with newer technology: QR codes as a classroom tool.
April 24, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Best Practices ⋅
Invented by Toyota in 1994 for better tracking during the manufacturing process, the QR code (Quick Response Code) has become extremely popular over the past few years. They have broadened outside of their original home of the automotive industry to mainstream public use. Being easily readable with any smart device, they have a large storage [...]
Talk About: Researching on the Internet
April 19, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Talk About ⋅
The Internet has granted the world full access to itself. Now students of all ages can find information with just a click that they might not have discovered otherwise– on other cultures and traditions, music and arts, science and any other subject imaginable. With all of this material out there, the challenge for us all [...]
National Environmental Education Week
April 16, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Best Practices ⋅
Schoology is excited to celebrate National Environmental Education Week. It is the nation’s largest education awareness event held around the environment each year. Started in 2005, its goal is to reach as many educators and students as possible to spread quality environmental education. Every year a theme is provided to help teachers focus on a [...]
Talk About: Building engaging discussions online
April 12, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Talk About ⋅
Getting students to have a conversation when in class is sometimes harder than training an elephant for the circus. In a typical public school class there are thirty or so students with at least that many personalities. Many of these students are hesitant to speak up in class for any number of reasons. How can [...]
Bringing eBooks into the classroom, for FREE.
April 10, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Best Practices ⋅
All across the country districts are dealing with tight budgets and are looking for ways to do more with less. To make sure that their students are getting the right content, educators have had to get more and more creative. One way in which this is being done is with free digital content, including eBooks. [...]
Talk About: Finding the best way to reach each student.
April 5, 2012 by Cassandra Cappello ⋅ Talk About ⋅
Today, in 1887 Helen Keller’s teacher Anne Sullivan finally connected with her student after months of trying to get through. Sullivan started to alter the methods of her teaching after she realized that Keller was memorizing the signs she was being taught and not understanding or connecting them to their true meaning. After being brought [...]